Monday, July 04, 2005

More from the experiments desk

I'm still trying to make the brush work. Brushwork. Brushwork work. i figure I'll have to do a few dozen like this before the process is anything like predictable. So here's number 1. Maybe there will be another, it depends on problems.

You can't deny Mr Allison's talent with the brush, but I have to say that I like the computer generated (is that the correct term?) stuff more. Perhaps I'm turning into an anti-Luddite, snapping pencils and tearing up sheets of paper, whilst making goo-goo eyes at Bill Gates and all his works...?

Luckily, with the internets being the wonderful communicative media they are, the time elapsed between doing something really creative and being told it's crap anonymously is near zero.

Thank god for technology....

Personally, I think it's fascinating to see even crazed napkin scratchings from Mr. Allison.

Reading over the books and watching the changes in art style have been really interesting. I'm not sure if "evolutionary" is the word, but to see changes in style over the years, and experiements in different media has been really...well, neat-o.

And anything that keeps John excited about the work, which means I get new comics to read from him, is all good.

I concur with Journal of Lies. The merest scribblings from Mr Allison's pen, brush or mouseclick incite great joy. Thanks John. I too am a sucker for this medium. The brushes, the strokes, the brush strokes. All that inky goodness. mmmmm.